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The costs of stunting in South Asia and the benefits of public investments in nutrition

South Asia is home to the largest number of stunted children worldwide: 65 million or 37% of all South Asian children under 5 were stunted in 2014. The costs to society as a result of stunting during childhood are high and include increased mortality, increased morbidity (in childhood and later as a...

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Autores principales: Shekar, Meera, Dayton Eberwein, Julia, Kakietek, Jakub
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6680190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27187915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12281